Sam Jeffries (born 20 May 1992) is an Australian

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player who currently plays as a

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NEC Green Rockets
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for the

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in the

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competition since 2014.

Career

Despite being born and raised in Queensland, Jeffries initially made a name for himself playing for Sydney University in the

Shute Shield The Shute Shield is a semi-professional rugby union competition in Sydney, Australia. It is the premier club competition in New South Wales. The Shute Shield is awarded to the winning team from the Sydney premiership grand final held at the end ...

. His performances at that level won him a spot in the Melbourne Rebels extended playing squad for the

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. He suffered injury problems during the early part of his career in Melbourne, however he regained full fitness towards the end of the season and made his debut off the replacements bench in the Rebels final match of the campaign, a 40–7 defeat by the in

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. Following the departures of experienced second-row forwards

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and Chris Thomson at the conclusion of the 2014 season, the Rebels announced that Jeffries would be a part of their first-team squad for at least the next 2 years. Sam will be playing for the NEC Green Rockets in Japan before returning to the Melbourne Rebels in 2019.

International

Jeffries represented Australia Under 20 at the

2012 IRB Junior World Championship The 2012 IRB Junior World Championship was the fifth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. This competition replaced the now defunct Under 19 and Under 21 world championships. The event was organised in South A ...

in South Africa.

Super Rugby statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jeffries, Sam 1992 births Living people Australian rugby union players Rugby union locks Melbourne Rebels players Melbourne Rising players Rugby union players from Brisbane Australian expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in Japan Green Rockets Tokatsu players Urayasu D-Rocks players People educated at St Joseph's College, Nudgee